Johnson City
Johnson City, TX sits at the junction of US 281 and Highway 290, which makes it a crossroads for a lot of traffic that is not from here. Wimberley Towing covers it from the Blanco yard, straight down 281, rather than from a metro an hour away.
That distance is the entire issue in a town this size. There is not a wrecker on every corner, and the vehicles that break here are frequently a long way from home.
The roads that produce the calls
US 281 runs north to Round Mountain and south to Blanco, carrying freight on a two lane highway with narrow shoulders. Highway 290 comes in from Dripping Springs to the east and heads out toward Fredericksburg to the west, and it is a tourist road as much as a freight road, which means a lot of drivers who do not know the terrain.
The Pedernales River and the ranch roads out to the LBJ properties fill in the rest, and they are where the recoveries happen.
What we get called for here
- Long distance breakdowns: people passing through, often heading to or from Fredericksburg, usually with no idea who to call. Most of our Johnson City work is exactly this.
- Heavy duty on 281: see heavy duty towing and the US 281 corridor page.
- Recovery: ranch roads and river crossings. See off-road recovery.
- Work trucks and ranch rigs: see medium duty towing.
What it costs
Johnson City is in Blanco County, so a police authorized tow starts at $300 rather than the $272 that applies in Hays. The county sets that, not us. Everything else is quoted up front. See towing rates. Call (512) 375-1215.
